The 2003 edition bills Marquis as interpreter; however, he describes himself as author in the book's original preface.

On the one hand, the consistent use of tone through the original preface and the novel, and authorial insets like the first paragraph of chapter 5 suggest the Gaskell is directly narrating the story.

There is a new preface but the original preface will be called "preface to the 1st edition".

He probably wrote out the Law of Jutland (Jydske Lov) and composed the original preface to it, and was present when it was published at Vordingborg in 1241.

In the original preface, the Decision is called:

Contains the original preface.

The original preface to the Ching-te ch'uan-teng lu by Tao-yüan reflects this Fa-yen position of harmony with the teachings.

Feynman, himself, however, stated, in his original preface, that he was "pessimistic" with regard to the success with which he reached all of his students.

This was acknowledged in the original preface, but his name was removed from the preface of the second edition.

However, the Queen and Helena refused, claiming that the copyright actually belonged to the Queen, and that only Sell's original preface was open to negotiation.